Tag: Photography
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Another Memoir Memory From The Late ’60s
For What It’s Worth – The Hut Lounge Something’s happening here Buffalo Springfield on the jukeboxLinda Lane slayed us with herintricate guitar work andsensuous vocals What it is ain’t exactly clear Her band – Lady and the TrampsGeorge Hoka on his Hammondmesmerizing sound like the Animalsvoice soulful like Burdon’s There’s a man with a gun…
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Let’s Get Real …
Get real! You hear it all the time, but what is “real?” “Real” is a human idea, as are all ideas. Ideas on the nature of reality have evolved with our bodies, brains, and social psyches. And just as all life continues to evolve or go extinct, our ideas of “reality” also continue to evolve.…
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Riding And Sweating
Riding And Sweating clear cerulean domewith no cloudsscanning Sol’s barcodefrom the seat ofmy tadpole trikegenerates a 401 error yellow Mesquite blooms are now mostly gone replaced by an abundance of seed pods decorating their longleafy-green bows Palo Verde in full bloomtheir seed pods to arrive soonas a third or fourth iteration ofBrittlebush is blossomingand now,…
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An April Morn…
An April Morn… April sunny blues skieswarm morninglight breeze explosions of yellowand new green havebomb-blastedmost of the trees preview of summerarrives this afternoonhigh in the nineties my ride on the loopfinished for todayrelaxing with cooldrinks and food and arrangingwords on my tabletin simple verses –LE – 4/8/25
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Who’s To Blame?
Who’s to Blame? leaderspolicy makerspointing fingersblaming anythingand everythingnever lookingin the mirror illegal to be poorin the richestcountry to haveever existed of coursethe poorare to blamewhile the richare even richerthan the ancientpharaohs and as empires declineas all empires dothe rich andpowerfulmaintain theirpositions atthe expenseof everyoneelse isn’t it time toabandon empireas an economicsystemtry something morehumane ? –LE…
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Anticipation Syndrome
Anticipation Syndrome stomach juices oozinggetting ready for thatmeal – that habitual meal intellect dictates thatI can go for dayswithout food no real harm stomach juices keeptelling my brainI’m hungryI’m starvingI’m dying just habit Pavlovian response anticipationsyndrome –LE 4/5/25 PS: I’ve been ‘intermittent fasting’ for years, but it’s been awhile since I did a water fast…
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Cool April Morning Ride
Cool April Morning Ride a cool April morning witha few puffy-white cloudsabove the surrounding mountainswhile the sky above isa translucent blue explosions of yellow bloomsdraping various trees and bushesin the mazes edging both sidesof the Tucson Loopeven in the dry riverbed early Brittlebushalready gone blousywhile the yellow explosionsof Palo Verde are stilla few weeks away…
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Open Windows
Another from my first Haiku Colletion in the late ’90s Open Windows Wasting away inpoly-something cubes —Windows NT for our light –LE
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Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson
Sweetwater Wetlands reclaimed wastewater pumpedinto holding ponds and let settle diverted to the wetlands throughsoil, plant, and microbial filters ducks, frogs, insects,flora and fauna of all description work their purifying magic on itfiltering the sweet water into the aquifer below –LE – 3/30/25 PS: The Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson, originally built in 1996, is a…
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The Tucson Loop In Spring
The Tucson Loop In Spring the dazzling morning suntilts in 30 degreesoff the eastern horizonwith Aries as backdrop long shadows crossthe north/south pathand the cloudless brightblue sky goes on forever reclaimed water cutsa zigzag path downthe western edge of theotherwise dry Santa Cruz the surrounding mountainsseen through the brightgreen veils of newMesquite leaves a couple…
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